Bible Verses about 'Ancestors'

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• Hear my prayer, O Lord;
  do not be deaf to my cry
  or ignore my weeping.
  For I am a wayfarer before you,
  a nomad like all my ancestors.
  Psalm 39:13prayersadnesshumility
• May the Lord, our God, be with us, just as he was with our fathers; may he not leave us or abandon us.
  1 Kings 8:57nearnessreliabilityfamily
• Do not be like your ancestors, to whom the prophets of that time proclaimed. Thus says the Lord of hosts: Forsake your evil ways and your evil deeds. But they refused to listen or to pay attention to me, says the Lord.
  Zechariah 1:4conversionevillistening
• For you are aware that you were ransomed from your futile way of life inherited from your ancestors not with perishable things like silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.
  1 Peter 1:18-19SaviorJesuslife
• To you, O God of my fathers,
  I offer thanks and praise
  because you have given me wisdom and power.
  Now you have made known to me
  what we asked of you;
  you have revealed to us the king’s dream.
  Daniel 2:23worshipwisdomprayer
• He brought you low, allowing you to suffer from hunger. He then fed you with manna, something with which your fathers were not familiar, so that you might come to know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes forth from the mouth of the Lord.
  Deuteronomy 8:3sufferingWord of Godlife
• If it seems wrong to you to serve the Lord, then today you must choose whom you will serve, whether it be the gods that your fathers served on the other side of the river, or the gods of the Amorites who dwell in the land. As for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.
  Joshua 24:15familyidolsfollowing
• However, if you truly amend your ways and your deeds, if you are upright in your dealings with your neighbor; if you do not oppress the alien, the orphan, and the widow; if you do not shed innocent blood in this place; and if you do not follow other gods and thereby cause your own destruction, then I will allow you to live in this place, in the land that I gave as a permanent gift to your fathers long ago.
  Jeremiah 7:5-7conversionwidowsorphans